Written questions
688 written questions tabled, most recent first.
21 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care: Parental Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether their Department offers its staff shared parental leave from their first working day.
21 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions: Parental Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether their Department offers its staff shared parental leave from their first working day.
21 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport
Department for Transport: Parental Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether their Department offers its staff shared parental leave from their first working day.
21 Jan 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Parental Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether their Department offers its staff shared parental leave from their first working day.
21 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Parental Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether their Department offers its staff shared parental leave from their first working day.
21 Jan 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Parental Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether their Department offers its staff shared parental leave from their first working day.
21 Jan 2025 · Department for Education
Department for Education: Parental Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether their Department offers its staff shared parental leave from their first working day.
21 Jan 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Parental Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether their Department offers its staff shared parental leave from their first working day.
21 Jan 2025 · Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office: Parental Leave
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether their Department offers its staff shared parental leave from their first working day.
21 Jan 2025 · Attorney General
Attorney General's Office: Parental Leave
To ask the Solicitor General, whether her Department offers its staff shared parental leave from their first working day.
16 Jan 2025 · Treasury
Employers' Contributions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to line 26 on page 118 of the Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, published on 30 October 2024, if she will disaggregate the measures of (a) changing the Secondary Threshold to £5,000 and (b) increasing the e
15 Jan 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Small Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2024 to Question 20202 on Small Business, if he will publish the Small Business Strategy by Summer Recess 2025.
15 Jan 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
British Business Bank: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2024 to Question 19443 on British Business Bank: Finance, when he plans to begin publishing data on the British Business Bank's Start Up Loans programme.
15 Jan 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Business
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, on what dates he has met with the Head of Business Engagement to the Chancellor of the Exchequer since 14 October 2024.
15 Jan 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Construction: Domestic Visits
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many construction businesses the Minister of State for Industry has visited since 4 July 2024.
9 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pension Credit and Winter Fuel Payment: West Worcestershire
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were (a) awarded Pension Credit and (b) paid Winter Fuel Allowance in West Worcestershire constituency in (i) 2024-25 and (ii) 2023-24.
19 Dec 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Department for Business and Trade: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what targets his Department has set to help achieve the Government's commitments to net zero.
19 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Trade Promotion
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to appoint Trade Envoys.
19 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Department for Business and Trade: China
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what meetings for what purpose (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with representatives of the People's Republic of China since 5 July 2024.
19 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Department for Business and Trade: European Union
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what meetings for what purpose (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with representatives of the European Union since 5 July 2024.
19 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Donald Trump
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether (a) he, (b) ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have had meetings with President-Elect Trump.
19 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Department for Business and Trade: Public Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what underspends are projected in (a) his Department and (b) each of its arms length bodies in this financial year.
19 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Foreign Investment in UK: India
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when the timing of the meeting of 18 December 2024 with the Indian Business Leaders delegation was agreed.
19 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Department for Business and Trade: Prizes
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many in-year awards were made to officials in his Department since 5 July 2024.
19 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Trade Agreements: India
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with the Prime Minister on the sectors in the scope of an India-UK Free Trade Agreement.
19 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Foreign Investment in UK: India
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will publish the minutes of the Indian Business Leaders delegation meeting of 18 December 2024.
17 Dec 2024 · Treasury
Pensions: Advisory Services
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information she holds on the number of people who have taken advantage of the ability to remove £500 from their pension scheme to pay for financial advice in each of the last five financial years.
17 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pharmacy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to bring forward hub and spoke dispensing legislation for pharmacies in 2025.
16 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Department for Business and Trade: Visits Abroad
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many international trips Ministers in his Department have undertaken since 5 July 2024.
16 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
BMW
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, on what dates he has met with representatives of BMW since 5 July 2024.
Source: official written-questions record.